It’s a summer ‘staycation’ for Pope Francis, writes Cindy Wooden
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We must hear ‘the cry of the Earth’ – Pope
New encyclical an urgent call to tackle climate change
Shedding new light on the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel
The Vatican is not promising visitors to the Sistine Chapel more elbow room, but it is guaranteeing a cooler experience. Marking the year of the 450th anniversary of Michelangelo Buonarroti’s death, the Vatican Museums hope the brand new air conditioning system and the 7,000 new LED lights will preserve the Renaissance artist’s masterpiece for generations…
Paul VI beatification highlights the importance of dialogue
Pope Paul VI will be remembered as a man who loved the Church
With no pope in residence, Vatican opens gardens of summer villa
The aisle is paved with stone from an ancient Roman road; the apse is made of carefully trimmed evergreen bushes; the columns are tall, thin cypress trees; and the nave is a lily pond, complete with gold fish. Welcoming visitors to "our outdoor church" in Castel Gandolfo, Osvaldo Gianoli explains, "it has always been a…
Pope looks to the East
During South Korea trip, Pope will beatify martyrs, meet Asian youths says Cindy Wooden
Pope urges young people to share love, faith
Francis delivers first homily in German
Meeting Pentecostals, Pope renews friendship, talks unity
His voice breaking with emotion, Giovanni Traettino, a Pentecostal pastor in southern Italy and longtime friend of Pope Francis, welcomed the Pope, “my beloved brother,” to his partially built church in Caserta. Pope Francis said he knows some people were shocked that he would make a special trip outside of Rome to visit a group…
Catholics’ response will be a key part of synod debate
The Vatican insists Church teaching is not up for debate
Synod won’t draw up proposals until 2015
Representatives of the world's Catholic bishops, meeting together in a synod, are not expected to make any formal proposals about the church's pastoral care of families until after a second, larger gathering in 2015. The extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family will meet at the Vatican Oct. 5-19, bringing together the presidents of national…